AssertFailedException Class

Used to indicate failure for a test.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
  Exception
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.UnitTestAssertException
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.AssertFailedException

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class AssertFailedException _
    Inherits UnitTestAssertException
[SerializableAttribute]
public class AssertFailedException : UnitTestAssertException
[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class AssertFailedException : public UnitTestAssertException
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type AssertFailedException =  
    class 
        inherit UnitTestAssertException 
    end
public class AssertFailedException extends UnitTestAssertException

The AssertFailedException type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method AssertFailedException() Initializes a new instance of the AssertFailedException class.
Public method AssertFailedException(String) Initializes a new instance of the AssertFailedException class that uses with a specified error message.
Protected method AssertFailedException(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) Initializes a new instance of the AssertFailedException class with serialized data.
Public method AssertFailedException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the AssertFailedException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property HelpLink Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property Message Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from UnitTestAssertException.)
Public property Source Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property StackTrace Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property TargetSite Gets the method that throws the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetObjectData Sets the SerializationInfo with information about the exception. (Inherited from UnitTestAssertException.)
Public method GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Events

  Name Description
Protected event SerializeObjectState Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Remarks

This is thrown whenever an assertion fails.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes